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Table 1 Rodent species captured during the study period in Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Central Uganda, year 2018–2020

From: Spatio-temporal home range of the dominant rodent species in Mabira central forest reserve, Uganda

 

Habitat

 

Species

IF (%)

RF (%)

DF (%)

Overall number (%)

Aethomys hindei

0

60 (9.5)

30 (8.7)

90 (5.8)

Deomys ferrugineus

20 (3.6)

2 (0.32)

0

22 (1.4)

Grammomy skuru

0

1(0.2)

0

1 (0.1)

Hybomys univittatus

1 (0.2)

0

0

1 (0.1)

H ylomyscus stellab

300 (53.4)

3 (0.5)

1 (0.3)

304(19.8)

Lophuromys stanleyib

14 (2.5)

173 (27.4)

128 (37.3)

315 (20.5)

Lophuromysansorgeib

6(1.1)

79 (12.5)

83 (24.2)

168 (10.9)

Lemniscomysstriatusb

0

49(7.6)

77 (22.4)

126 (8.2)

Mastomys natalansisb

2 (0.4)

159 (25.2)

13 (3.8)

174 (11.3)

Mus cf. bufo

5(0.9)

62(9.8)

6(1.8)

73(4.7)

Praomys jacksonib

214 (38.1)

32 (5.1)

3 (0.9)

249 (16.2)

Rattusrattus

0

3 (0.5)

2 (0.6)

5 (0.3)

Gerbilliscus kempi

0

9 (1.4)

0

9 (0.6)

Total Captured

562 (100)

632 (100)

343 (100)

1537 (100)

  1. IF Intact forest, RG Regenerating forest, DF Depleted forest
  2. aNumbers in brackets are percentage contribution of each species in a certain habitat
  3. bDominant rodent species